Path of Exile is a MAJESTIC incline

[Reever]

Problem:
Many of the unique Jewels that are currently granted through quest rewards are not very desirable.

Solution:
Unique Jewels will no longer be offered as quest rewards.

 

[InD_ImaginE]

Classic PoE manifesto.

 

[Deflowerer]

Seems like they should actually have two forks of the game indeed lol.

 

[Kjaska]

Sounds like a nerf to SSF and a buff to Trade. I'm mildly concerned. To me unique jewels felt fine, as I would still get excited at seeing one drop, because each category held at least a couple of useful ones. The quest rewards ones were always whatever though, so no big loss there. If the golem jews end up being more farmable than they currently are in SSF, it's going to be a net win.

 

[Jaedar]

Yeah, I never got upset at seeing a unique jewel drop, even if most of them are garbo for most builds. Instead it was kinda fun to see what kind of weird build enabler you'd get. Unique jewels dropped really rarely too so they don't grate in the same way that normal uniques do.

Giving random jewels instead of unique ones from quests seems like a decent change to me. The only one I ever used was the one with guaranteed reservation efficiency, but at a mere 2% it was always a bit of an emergency measure.

Combat focus being a vendor recipe is great news, as long as it's a decently accessible recipe.

I expected worse, but I guess they're keeping the nerfs for curses.

 

[Baron Dupek]

https://twitter.com/pathofexile/status/1592334990708469762?t=q0vs9r49BFJebTu6UYWZiA&s=19

Right, it's per ailment.

 

[Jaedar]

https://twitter.com/pathofexile/status/1592334990708469762?t=q0vs9r49BFJebTu6UYWZiA&s=19

Right, it's per ailment.

Are the current/previous mods for all ailments?
3 top rolled jewels to get immunity to one ailment is not particularly impressive...

 

[Tacgnol]

https://twitter.com/pathofexile/status/1592334990708469762?t=q0vs9r49BFJebTu6UYWZiA&s=19

Right, it's per ailment.

Are the current/previous mods for all ailments?
3 top rolled jewels to get immunity to one ailment is not particularly impressive...

Yes, another nerf masquerading as a buff.

Classic GGG.

 

[Baron Dupek]

FAQ is out
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3322149

I've heard that there are archnemesis that increases effects of the ailments significantly so "reduced effect" doesn't sounds appealing...

 

[Jaedar]

I've heard that there are archnemesis that increases effects of the ailments significantly so "reduced effect" doesn't sounds appealing...

On ignite it's probably ok, I am very skeptical of reduced duration of freeze/chill and reduced effect of shock.

 

[Baron Dupek]

reduced duration of freeze/chill

that would be like spell suppression - either maxed out or nothing
you don't want to stop moving or slow down from constant barrage

 

[ArchAngel]

Only thing I am interested in if game is going to become more fun and less rippy. I uninstalled it few weeks ago to make room for fun games on my SSD and it is not coming back until they fix it.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Archnemesis manifesto is out
though there would be summaries and memes for entertainment next morning for breakfast+coffee but apparently not...
I'm all for variety but loot goblin was absolute garbage system


tl;dr

 

[Perkel]

daily reminder that mods system on monsters is weak excuse to not produce unique monster designs that matter and have base difficulty of those monsters.

Up until act 3 monster design is quite good but after it it takes nosedive to point where monsters don't really have any uniqness about them.

 

[Jaedar]

Archnemesis manifesto is out
though there would be summaries and memes for entertainment next morning for breakfast+coffee but apparently not...
I'm all for variety but loot goblin was absolute garbage system

There's something fishy. We're gonna go from enemies having up to like 6 AN mods, and frequently 2-3, to splitting AN mods into 3-4 parts each and having 2-4 mods per rare, essentially half to one AN mod.
This seems like a pretty big reduction in difficulty, which is very unlike GGG.

Up until act 3 monster design is quite good but after it it takes nosedive to point where monsters don't really have any uniqness about them.

A bit harsh, I think there are some later monsters with ok/good designs, but yeah, they do get a bit more generic and usually at that point the player has enough dps that most monster actions are invalid.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Looks like this manifesto did the job - Steam reviews boosted from "Mixed" up to "Very Positive".
I guess they really shit their pants this time...

 

[Cyberarmy]

I believe it when I play it tbh.

 

[ArchAngel]

I will wait for my Xbox version to update to this and I might continue my standard character on it. They ruined it when they made it go core 2 league ago

 

[Baron Dupek]

this is the boss?

recycling assets is strong in this one

 

[Jaedar]

recycling assets is strong in this one

It's a christmas league, and they are never particularily exciting, probably because GGG focuses on making the new endgame.

 

[Baron Dupek]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3322752
Eldritch Altairs

rusted scarabs as a reward to balance out scarcer Gilded and better ones...

More altair but less monsters

More precise rewards like you don't get random cards but those giving specific item(s)

 

[Sharpedge]

Trying out Ruthless and I am enjoying it a fair bit. Slowing the rate of progress down works wonders for PoE.

 

[ArchAngel]

Trying out Ruthless and I am enjoying it a fair bit. Slowing the rate of progress down works wonders for PoE.

Are there any changes to enemies or does it only affect loot drops?

 

[Perkel]

Trying out Ruthless and I am enjoying it a fair bit. Slowing the rate of progress down works wonders for PoE.

you motherfucker how did you get in ?

Yeah i can see it pefectly working for POE. I personally played sort of ruthless for a year already but it was constant annoying battle of with my own lizard brain ready to pounce on mix max game destroying fun.

Are there any changes that were not mentioned in manifesto that you found interesting ?

 

[Sharpedge]

Trying out Ruthless and I am enjoying it a fair bit. Slowing the rate of progress down works wonders for PoE.

you motherfucker how did you get in ?

Yeah i can see it pefectly working for POE. I personally played sort of ruthless for a year already but it was constant annoying battle of with my own lizard brain ready to pounce on mix max game destroying fun.

Are there any changes that were not mentioned in manifesto that you found interesting ?

I applied when the announcement was first put up and got lucky. I didn't expect to get in, but hey. There wasn't anything specifically not mentioned in the manifesto that I find interesting, but the most impactful change by far in my opinion is the one to skill gems and that in my opinion should actually go core, I think even the people who don't like the mode and want to zoom would ultimately benefit from it. Not being able to buy support gems and having access to auras heavily restricted changes the pace of the game a lot on its own and in my opinion, for the better. Not only does it slow the pace of the game down, but it actually gives value to gem drops again. In my opinion, the decision when they went 10 acts to add gems to vendors was a mistake and Ruthless underlines this very heavily.